Explore our wide-ranging exhibitions along with a variety of virtual and on-site programs.
Join associate paper conservator Mary Broadway and paintings conservator Katrina Rush for a discussion of Remedios Varo’s unique, surrealist techniques.
Join Janet Purdy, associate curator of textiles, for a discussion of the history of the colorful, industrially-printed textiles known as kanga and the social and cultural symbolism expressed in their designs and proverbs. Explore eight works on display in the African galleries spanning five countries.
Join Hilary Becker, associate professor of Classical Studies at Binghamton University, for a lecture around the history and use of color in ancient Rome.
Join Lara Balikci, research assistant in Modern and Contemporary Art, for a discussion of music, the Modernist movement, and the intersections of our collection with Remedios Varo: Science Fictions.
Join Emerson Bowyer, Searle Curator in Painting and Sculpture of Europe, and Lisa Ayla Çakmak, Chair and Curator of Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium, for a conversation about Antonio Canova’s complex relationship with the art of antiquity.
Join museum educator Jeff Nigro for a close look at our iconic créche or nativity, which includes not only the Holy Family but angels, the Three Wise Men, shepherds and their flocks, livestock, musicians, dancers, peddlers, and many others.
Join Marielle Epstein, assistant director of Interpretation, to explore how Caravaggio’s ethos resonate in the work of contemporary nightclub photographers.
Join Emerson Bowyer, Searle Curator in Painting and Sculpture of Europe; Haddon Dine, Assistant Conservator, Objects and Textiles; and Clara Granzotto, Andrew W. Mellon Associate Conservation Scientist, as they discuss the challenge of conserving Camille Claudel’s remarkable and innovative creations and explore new technical and scientific research into her work.
